In case you missed it…
- Bashir Travels To Kenya
- Kenya hosted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at a ceremony celebrating the promulgation of the the country’s new constitution despite an international warrant for his arrest
- The Save Darfur Coalition, Genocide Intervention Network and Enough Project released a statement condemning Kenya’s decision to host a fugitive from international justice
- The White House released a statement from President Barack Obama expressing disappointment that the Kenyan government hosted Bashir despite its obligation to arrest him
- Kenya’s Prime Minister calls Bashir’s invitation “ill-advised”
- Kidnapped Aid Worker Freed
- An American aid worker in Darfur was released after four months in captivity
- Southern Sudan To Purge Child Soldiers From Army
- The government of Southern Sudan pledges to remove child soldiers from the ranks of its former rebel army
- Weekend Reading
- Nicholas Kristof discusses Obama’s “failure” in Sudan in his Sunday column and accompanying blog post
- The Washington Post reports on the Obama Administration’s “intensifying” efforts in Sudan
- Bec Hamilton writes about student activists in Khartoum
- The UN Dispatch’s Mark Leon Goldberg on what Bashir’s trip to Kenya means for the ICC and the U.S. Policy in Sudan
The opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Save Darfur Coalition.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bec Hamilton, child soldiers, Government of Sudan, ICC, Kenya, Mark Leon Goldberg, Nicholas Kristof, Obama Administration, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, UN Dispatch
